Early Postoperative Complications following Gracilis Free Muscle Transfer for Facial Reanimation: A Systematic Review and Pooled Data Analysis

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 558-564

  Garcia, Ryan M ^a   Gosain, Arun K ^b   Zenn, Michael R ^a   Marcus, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complication; facial reanimation; gracilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMILING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941740822     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1555139     Document Type: Article

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